Sammamish High School 100 140Th Avenue Southeast Bellevue, WA 98005 Phone: 425-456-7600 Fax: 425-456-7665
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Sammamish High School 100 140th Avenue Southeast Bellevue, WA 98005 Phone: 425-456-7600 Fax: 425-456-7665 www.bsd405.org/sammamish Secondary School Profile 2020 – 2021 CEEB Code: 480072 Principal: Derrick Richardson Assistant Principals: Anecia Grigsby, Drew Thomas & Kim Kooistra Counselors: Nicole Kemp, Heather Smith, Yuchen Zhang, Jaime Hoener, Elaena Williams-Pagaran THE SCHOOL In 1959 Sammamish opened its doors and graduated its first class in spring of 1961. Sammamish is one of four comprehensive high schools in the Bellevue School District located in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Washington. It serves a student population of 1160 in an ethnically and economically diverse area of Bellevue. Sammamish teachers organize their instruction around a framework of seven “Key Elements,” which is designed to build students’ skills at defining and solving real-world problems. The seven elements are: Authentic Problems, Authentic Assessment, Academic Discourse, Collaboration, Culturally Responsive Instruction, Expertise, and Student Voice. Sammamish has been recognized as a Microsoft Showcase school for its implementation of One-to-One laptop technology. The technology is allowing students to increase collaboration with peers, teachers, and outside professionals. Laptops and the associated software also provide universal access to new ways of accessing, learning, and presenting information. Sammamish students can earn college credit by Advanced Placement, College in the High School through the University of Washington and Bellevue College, Tech Prep, and Running Start programs. We offer multicultural and affinity group student organizations including Latino Heat, Black Student Union and Students Organizing Against Racism. We also offer AVID, a student support program targeted towards students who would be the first in their family to graduate from college. Graduation Requirements English 4.0 credits THE CURRICULUM Mathematics 3.0 credits Sammamish’s academic program is organized around a Lab Science 3.0 credits seven-period day allowing students to access a wide array of course work. Most Sammamish graduates Social Studies 3.5 credits exceed the graduation requirements, especially in math Fine Arts 2.0 credit and science. Physical Education 1.5 credit Career/Technical Ed 1.0 credit GRADING AND RANKING Health 0.5 credit Sammamish High School assigns letter grades using a 4.0 system. No “+” or “-” are included on the official Electives 5.5 credits transcript or calculated into the GPA. All credited Total Credits 24.0 credits classes are included in computing grade point average. SBA Exam Reading Class rank is no longer computed. Credits earned Requirements Writing elsewhere are noted with the “TR” symbol preceding the Math course name. Due to the closure of schools during the Covid19 Additional Minimum 2.0 GPA Quarantine, Bellevue School District high school Requirements 40 hours of students in grades 9-12 received an “A” for second service semester of the 19-20 school year if they regularly engaged in the assigned activities and met the minimum curriculum standards. Graduating Seniors in the Class of 2020 may have also received a “V” grade which denotes a non-credit waiver for a course needed to meet graduation requirements. The “V” grade is granted due to extenuating circumstances during the Covid19 Quarantine when online learning was in place in the District. Advanced Placement (AP) AP courses are open-enrollment available to all students. In 2019-2020, 547 students sat for 1044 AP exams. Of the 547 students, (64%) received scores of 3, 4 or 5. Sammamish High School offers 23 classes to prepare students for Advanced Placement exams that include English Language, English Literature, World History, US History, US Government and Politics: US, Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1 & 2, Environmental Science, Psychology, Statistics, Calculus AB/BC, Micro/Macro Economics, Computer Science, Human Geography, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Chinese Language, French Language and Art Portfolio. 2020 Average Standardized Test Scores SAT Reading/Writing Math Total 606 596 1202 ACT English Math Reading Science Composite Currently Unavailable COLLEGE ATTENDANCE HISTORY The class of 2020 graduated 297 students, of those 250 students will attend college. 57% matriculated to 4-year institutions and 25% matriculated to 2-year institutions. Colleges Attended by Sammamish Class of 2020 Amherst College Kenyon College Arizona State University-Tempe Lake Washington Institute of Technology Azusa Pacific University Los Angeles College of Music Bellevue College Marines EMO Belmont University McMaster University Bentley University Montana State University Biola University Moody Bible Institute Boise State University Northern Arizona University Brigham Young University-Idaho Northwestern University Bucknell University Olympic College Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Oregon State University California Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University California State University-Fullerton Pima Medical Institue Central Washington University Purdue University-Main Campus Chandler-Gilbert Community College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Chapman University San Diego State University Chiang Mai University Seattle Central College Colorado State University-Fort Collins Seattle Pacific University Columbia University in the City of New York Seattle University Cornish College of the Arts Sellen Eastern Washington University Shoreline Community College Edmonds Community College The University of Arizona Endicott College Tufts University Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Bellevue United States Air Force Academy Florida State College at Jacksonville University of British Columbia George Washington University University of California-Los Angeles Georgetown University University of Colorado Boulder Gonzaga University University of Hawaii at Manoa Grand Canyon University-Traditional Campus University of Idaho Gustavus Adolphus College Ithaca College .